Newspaper Page Text
jenkinscountytimes.com
The Jenkins County Times
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - Page 3
Pastor Jordan Clayton
Senior pastor at
East Burke Baptist Church
in Sardis.
Don't Let Go
I was recently over at a friend's house and I was helping
him clean out some things that belonged to his late son.
He had lost him tragically in a car accident some months
before and he felt he was ready to move on. As we sorted
through the model airplanes and model cars, I came across
an old photograph of him and his son dressed up in their
best fishing gear. As I held up the photo, tears started to
well up in his eyes.
He went on to describe the day the photo was taken to
me. His vivid memories brought his son's memory to life as
he described how they loved to fish together. I could see his
son standing there on that dock beside their jon boat as my
friend went on with the tail.
He took his wallet from his back jeans pocket and slid
the precious picture down between its folds. He said, "I'll
never let go of this one, thank you for helping me find it."
Something about holding the photograph gave him a sense
of peace as it brought back fond memories of him and
his child together. He later told me that holding on to that
picture helped him to somehow "hold on in life."
I heard about a festive day in a small Colorado town
in which hot air balloon enthusiasts had gathered for a
day of fun. The weather was not ideal as wind gusts were
sweeping through the field where they had gathered. Many
smaller balloons had been launched as they began to inflate
the main attraction, a hot air balloon of epic proportions. Its
sheer size dwarfed the balloons around it as it puffed and
grew, needing twelve men on ropes to keep it from lifting
off the ground.
The owner proudly posed for some snapshots by the press
and enthusiasts alike, when suddenly, tragedy struck. A
sudden strong gust of wind blew through the arena catching
the gargantuan balloon, ripping it from the hands of nearly
all the men who held it back. All of them turned loose of
the ropes except for one. He held his rope so tightly that he
was pulled up into the sky right along with the monstrosity,
far from the ground below and far from any hope of rescue.
The onlooking crowd screamed and watched with horror,
expecting the worst, fearing that at any moment the man
would tire, and subsequently lose his grip on the rope.
To their amazement, the man held on. He kept holding
on for hours as the balloon slowly began to lose altitude.
Emergency personnel chased the balloon on its flight and
met it right where it came to rest. They raced to the man's
rescue only to find him standing there next to the carcass of
the deflated beast.
They were all amazed at the man's strength and
detemiination. They asked, "how did you hold on so long?"
He simply replied, "I took
hold of the ropes around me
See CLAYTON page 6
TAKE AWAY
r EXCITING WORSHIP ^
Help visitors find you! List your church in
the directory for six months $60
or one year $120
Call: (912) 451-NEWS or 478-401-5007
T-Th-F
Do you need to add, remove, or change any
information of your listing in the church
directory? Give us a call or email me at:
deb.jctimes@gmail.com
\Vek-oim* to
0«r CtiniY^
East Burke Baptist Church
Sunday Services 11 a.m.
Pastor: Jordan Clayton
Hwy 24 Sardis, GA
Please call 706-526-1733 for
more information.
Green Fork Baptist Church
Pastor Jesse Sadler (Phone Number:
850-843-6102)
Worship Opportunities:
Sunday Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 5:30p.m.
Children's Choir 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study/Prayer Mtg 7:00 p.m.
Miiifn Baptist Church
Come join us!!
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
219 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-5411
Pastor Brad Asbury
pastorbradasbury@gmail.com
Mii i fn Methodist Church
Morning Worship 11AM
Sunday School 10 a.m.
413 N. Gray St, Millen, GA
478-982-2664
Pastor John Drake
For questions about our services, please
email us @ millenmethodistchurch@gmail.com
Oak Hiff Baptist Church
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning: 11 a.m.
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study - Young Adult Bible Study
Youth Group - Team Kids
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd., Millen, GA
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
478-982-1616
www. oakhillmillen. com
Scarboro Baptist Church
4204 Scarboro Church Loop
Millen, GA 30442
706-466-4494
Pastor: Perry Hearn
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Due to the fire, this will be our service time until further notice.
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd, Statesboro, GA
Sunday Eucharist
8:15 a.m. and 10:30a.m.
Father Charles Todd, Rector
Jonathan Murphy, Music Director. 912-489-4208
www.facebook.com/TrinityEpiscopalStatesboro
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd,
Millen, GA 30442
Down load
Oak Hill
Chu rch
APR
Today!
c Joshua Johnson
Senior Pastor j
William Waters
Thejv^ in Paint & Body!
1836 Frontage Road West
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
What's going on in your church?
Homecoming?
Celebrations?
New Pastor?
email us or call us at:
thejenkinscountytimes(o)gmail.com
478-451-5007
_r J 1JIpm _rJ
J 3 7725
Sandhill Baptist
Church Fall Revival
Tuesday, November 7- Thursday,
November 9
7:00 PM Nightly
Guest Ministers: Rev. Leroy Jordan,
Jr, Rev. James Waltower, and Rev.
David Godbolt
Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
“Umbrellas,
Parachutes, and
Snakes”
John 3:14-15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that
whoever believes in him may have eternal life
The most important part of skydiving is a well
prepared, well packed, well trusted parachute. Now
imagine that you and I are going up in a small plane to
skydive together. We’ve both packed our parachutes and
are minutes away from jumping out the door when I take
off my parachute and pull out an umbrella instead. You
look at me incredulously and ask, “Why did you take off
your parachute and pull out an umbrella?” and I respond,
“I believe with every fiber of my being that this umbrella
can carry me safely to the ground.”
What would happen if I jumped out of a plane with an
umbrella instead of a parachute? It doesn't matter how
much faith I might have in the umbrella, what I needed
was a parachute. The principle is this - it doesn’t matter
how much faith I have; what matters is the object that I
place my faith in. The parachute was the right object to
put my faith in, while the umbrella was the wrong object.
People all over the world exercise faith every day. We
have faith that when we turn the key or push the starter
button in our car that it will crank up and carry us where
we need to go. We have faith that our paycheck will be in
the mail or in our bank account on payday. We have faith
that when we order something from Amazon it will be
delivered directly to our house within the time promised.
We have faith that our iPhone charger is going to charge
our phone to 100% while we sleep. We have faith that
when we go to sleep, we are going to wake up the next
morning.
Then there is another kind of faith, faith in spiritual
or religious things. Some people have placed their faith
in Buddha, Mohammed, or Joseph Smith. Some people
have placed their faith in science, yoga, nature, or even
themselves. It doesn't matter how strong their faith is in
any of those people or things, all of those are the wrong
object of faith.
Jesus told a religious man named Nicodemus in John 3,
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so
must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes
in him may have eternal life.” Jesus is referring to an
event that happened after the Exodus, found in the book
of Numbers. The people of Israel had been grumbling
against God and complaining against Him, so God sent
poisonous snakes among them to turn their hearts back
to Him. As these snakes began biting the people of Israel
and they began to get sick and die, they cried out to God
to save them! God told Moses to make an image of one
of the snakes and put it atop a pole, then carry the pole
throughout the camp. Moses told the people of Israel
that God said whoever looked up at the snake on the
pole would be healed. All the people had to do was look
at the snake and God would heal them. The Israelites
who looked at the snake were healed, and the ones who
didn’t perish.
How were the people of Israel healed? God healed
them when they exercised their faith in God’s command
by looking at the snake. Jesus said that He would be
lifted just like the snake in the wilderness - and He was
when He was crucified on a Roman cross. Jesus also
said that whoever believes in Him would have eternal
life. How do we receive eternal life? By looking at Jesus
raised up on the cross and exercising our faith in Him.
Jesus is the One that our faith must be placed in to
receive eternal life. It doesn't matter how strong or
great your faith is if it's in the wrong object. There is
only Object that is worthy of your faith, and that is Jesus.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.”
Annual Millen Lions Club Pancake Supper
Returns for 2023
Tickets Available Now. Memorial Donation; Appreciated
Mease come fcin us November 06, at the Community Center for the revtvil of the
Mllen lion* Oub'J Annual Pancake Supper. This year we celebrate more than fifty
years of service and leadership of our deurty deputed
Lion Jimmie Edenfield,
who g*w tirelessly in consuni service to Scrims County through rse lions dobs'
focus on Vision.
Oowtions, IndWduil fin%, v bwrms, in memory of 'Mr, limns# - ire being
K<«<XM now by iny lions dub Member sndwvlbe used lo funO [bo projects
'Mr Jimmie* loved rro'.t. including the Pjncofce Supper itsdfl! Addittonoty, new
digs for CIS* courthouse, vision sowing lor our children, ond fund#!* of sate
»nd MtiontI InWHtves will ill benefu
TKMJKYOU rew VOW SUWOH! Of IMl IWIIUN DONS audit
